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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/57 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/67 |
| Title | The Ghost of Crim Con or a Check to Speculation |
| Date | 8 Mar 1808 |
| Description | On the left stands a young fashionably dressed woman with her husband and lover. Her husband, who is kneeling down, has horns, to indicate that he has been cuckolded, and in his pocket a document marked 'Damages 50.000'. On the right of the woman stands her young lover. They are all looking at a grotesque satyr-like creature, his head covered in horns, which has appeared on the right. The creature addresses the three: "Don't be alarmed my Good Friends I come to give you advice - have nothing to do with me - formerly indeed I was worth the pursuit, but lately I have dwindled to a mere shadow! besides I am lowerd [sic] in my consequence - I have descended from the Drawing Room to the Coach box, and from the coach box to the kitchen, and a coach man in these times has his fine feelings equal to a Marquis, - but no cash that's all Dicky."
Available on CD 163. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Woodward delt
Pubd M 8th 1808 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly
Refers to the crim. con. cases where a husband sued his wife's lover for damages. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 338 x 236 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See D5459/2/42 for another example of crim. con. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11119 |
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